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Description: | Part of a cast, copper alloy, Roman strap fitting. It consists of a rectangular bar with a rounded upper surface, which bends at ninety degrees at each and to form a rectangular loop. The ends of the short sides are each connected to the inturned ends of a kidney shaped loop similar to those on Roman buckles, except that on buckles, there has to be a gap or a bar between the inward pointing terminals for the pin. The inturned terminals on this example are joined as they curve into the middle, and then they continue away from each other again and come to points. They are bevelled making them triangular in section. The outer edge of the loop is missing having broken in antiquity, so its shape is uncertain. The fitting has a well developed dark green patina which is pitted in places. It is 39.9mm long, 27mm wide and 4.9mm thick. It weighs 13gm. The style is certainly Late Iron Age or Roman, but no exact parallel has been found. The object cannot be a buckle as there is nowhere for a pin the attach. It is most likely to be a strap junction somewhat similar to ESS-77B292 or the examples on page 28 of Mills (2000). There are also similarities to the dagger suspension loops shown on page 45 of Appels and Laycock (2007), but none of these are as substantial as this example, or have the rectangular loop.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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